Relationship of mild depression to psychological deficit in college students

✍ Scribed by David J. Berndt; Sheila M. Berndt

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 605 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(198010)36:4<868::aid-jclp2270360406>3.0.co;2-x

✦ Synopsis

Twenty-five mildly depressed and 25 nondepressed college students, identified on the basis of their scores on two self-report depression measures, were distinguished by a discriminant analysis of their scores on six measures of psychological deficit. The significant function correctly identified 88% of the nondepressed group of 92% of the mildly depressed group with four variables: Paired easy associates, a digit symbol test, a writing speed task, and Neckar Cube reversals. A measure of short term memory and paired hard associates did not load on the discriminant function. Results were interpreted as suggestive evidence that mild depression is associated with a deficit in energy during both initial preceptual processing, and organization and execution of psychomotor tasks.